The is the year 2022. Overcrowding, pollution, and resource depletion have reduced society’s leaders to finding food for the teeming masses. The answer is Soylent Green – an artificial nourishment whose actual ingredients are not known by the public. Thorn is the tough homicide detective who stumbles onto the secret so terrifying no one would dare believe him.Charlton Heston seemed fond of starring in apocalyptic science-fiction films in the late 1960s and early ’70s. There was Planet of the Apes, of course, and The Omega Man. But there was also 1973′s Soylent Green, a strange detective film (based on Harry Harrison’s Make Room! Make Room!) set in 2022 and starring Heston as a Manhattan cop trying to solve a murder in the overpopulated, overheated city. His roommate (a necessity in the overcrowded metropolis), played by Edward G. Robinson, tries telling him about a better time on Earth before there were no more resources or room left; but Heston doesn’t care. Directed by Richard Fleischer (The Vikings), the film has a curious but largely successful mix of mystery and bleak futuristic vision, somewhat like Blade Runner but without the extraordinary art direction. This was Robinson’s last film and he’s easily the best thing about it; his final scene seems terribly appropriate in retrospect. Joseph Cotten makes an appearance as the man whose murder results in the revelation of a shocking secret. –Tom Keogh
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May 1, 2008
#1
This movie is just all around outdated. Bad acting, Cheap effects, Slow moving and cheesy. Overall: BAD
May 2, 2008
#2
‘Soylent Green’ has one of the most famous ending lines in movie history(Soylent Green is people!), It’s like “Frankly Scarlet”… “I don’t give a damn!” for kids of the 70′s. I love the premise, but it’s poorly executed and unfortunately it’s also seriously dated(In home version of Asteroids video game given as a state of the art gift!)and it’s just plain talky and boring. I watched this on an HD channel and it looked crisp, but the film is dark and gloomy, this is probably intentional. I’m not sure what this new DVD release looks like, but does it matter? If you like the movie you will probably buy it anyway. For the rest of us this one is to be forgotten.
May 2, 2008
#3
OK, I’ll go on: For some reason this movie has a certain cult cache that gives it a hippness that it doesn’t deserve. I sat through the entire 97 minutes because someone once told me it was a cool cult sci fi flick. What a waste of time. It just goes on and on with virtually no plot, no character development, lousy acting, [bad] music, unimaginative sets, and [bad] diaglogue. Otherwise, it wasn’t too bad. If you value your time at all, you’ll skip this one. If you want to see a cool “sci-fi noir” film, get Bladerunner (The Director’s Cut), one of the best films ever made.
May 2, 2008
#4
I will be willing to send you any details that help other customers. But I have not received the movie yet. According to Amazon prediction of approximate delivery, the item should be arriving today, May 15, at the latest. Unless this occurs in the afternoon today, this did not happen. I understand that there may be some delay, due to the international delivery process, so I expect to get it in the next few days. especially because whatever I have bought from Amazon in the past has always arrived to my door without any problem. M. Ferreira.
May 2, 2008
#5
I bought this movie because I had heard about it for so many years with the infamous line (you know it). Well, can’t say I exactly enjoyed the movie. Parts of it are interesting, but most of it drags on and on. I was waiting for the big pay off at the end and was severly let down. WEAK. The CHEESE factor is very large. In fact if anyone wanted to cut scenes from the film to make a gag reel it would be perfect. I can’t recommend this movie to anyone. It’s terrible. Buy something else.